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TORONTO -- On a night the Blue Jays left 14 runners on base, Troy Tulowitzki did his part to cash some in.Tulowitzki drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with a bases-loaded single in the eighth inning, and the Blue Jays rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Thursday night for their season-best sixth straight victory.I didnt realize till after the game how many runners left on base we had, Tulowitzki said. Sooner or later with this lineup you feel very strong that someone is going to come through.Tulowitzki finished 2 for 4 with a walk and three RBI. He is batting .338 (22 for 65) with 20 RBI in 17 games since returning June 18 after missing 20 games with a sore right quadriceps.Since hes come off the DL, hes been swinging a very hot bat, Tigers catcher James McCann said. Hes a guy who covers a lot of pitches.Jason Grilli (3-2) pitched one inning for the win. Roberto Osuna worked the ninth for his 18th save.Everybody wants to finish well going into the break, Grilli said. Were playing good baseball right now.Toronto trailed 4-2 after McCann scored on Ian Kinslers double play groundout in the seventh, but the Blue Jays shaved the deficit to one when Tulowitzki hit an RBI single off Shane Greene in the bottom half.After the Blue Jays loaded the bases against Justin Wilson (2-2) with two outs in the eighth, Alex Wilson came on to face Tulowitzki but surrendered a two-run single to right.Tigers manager Brad Ausmus was forced to juggle his relief corps after right-hander Bruce Rondon returned to the hotel during batting practice because of flulike symptoms.We were short, Ausmus said. Thats why we were kind of stretching Shane and Justin both, trying to get through. I think at the end, really, Justin was kind of out of gas, so we went to Alex.Nick Castellanos and Justin Upton hit solo home runs for the Tigers.Toronto jumped on Detroit starter Justin Verlander in the first, scoring twice with two outs. Michael Saunders hit an RBI single and Russell Martin followed with a double.Upton halved the deficit with a two-out homer off Drew Hutchison in the second, and Castellanos tied it with a one-out drive in the fourth.It was the second homer in two games for Castellanos, extending his career high to 17.Upton followed with a double and scored on a two-out single by McCann, who was thrown out trying to stretch his hit into a double.Verlander allowed two runs and five hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked a season-high four and struck out five.It was a battle, Verlander said. Those guys, one through nine, really fought me.Making his second start of the season in place of injured right-hander Marco Estrada (back), Hutchison allowed three runs and six hits in six innings.SANCHEZ COMES UP SHORTNed Yost selected Indians RHP Corey Kluber to replace injured Estrada on the AL All-Star team. Yost said Wednesday that Toronto RHP Aaron Sanchez was among the candidates.GREAT WHITE NORTHMcCann said hot, humid conditions made it a draining night behind the plate, poking fun at Canadas reputation for cool weather. It was pretty humid tonight, McCann said. Most people talk about how nice the nights up here in Canada are. Tonight wasnt one of those typical nights, I guess.RUNAWAYBlue Jays 3B Josh Donaldson scored twice, extending his team record for runs scored before the All-Star break. Donaldson has 79 runs.TRAINERS ROOMTigers: Ausmus said Rondon will be re-evaluated Friday.Blue Jays: 3B Josh Donaldson stayed in the game after being hit on the right elbow by a pitch from Greene in the sixth.UP NEXTTigers: RHP Mike Pelfrey (2-7, 4.78) starts for Detroit on Friday. Hes 1-1 with a 4.96 ERA in three career starts against Toronto.Blue Jays: LHP J.A. Happ (11-3, 3.54) has won five consecutive starts. He is unbeaten since June 6 at Detroit, when he allowed six runs in five innings. 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TORONTO -- The Toronto Raptors tip-off the 2016-17 season Wednesday night when they host the Detroit Pistons.The Raptors enter the season following their most successful campaign in franchise history. Last year, Toronto set a club record for wins (56), won their third straight Atlantic Division title and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in team history.Last year is last year. Every year is a new year, Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. Weve got to come out, scratch, execute, have the same mentality that weve got to be the hardest working team on the court that night to win. If we come out and just try to show our press clippings on the floor, its not going to work.Weve got to have that hard-work mentality and that hard hat mentality to be successful in the Eastern Conference.Toronto returns 11 players from last years team, including All-Stars DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry.Detroit starts the season without starting point guard Reggie Jackson, who will miss at least the first month because of tendonitis in his left knee.The Pistons ended a six-year playoff drought last season, finishing with a 44-38 record good for eighth in the Eastern Conference. They were swept by the eventual champion Cleveland Cavaliers in four games in the first round.Detroit, in its second season under Stan Van Gundy, finished 15th out of 30 in points scored per possession and 13th in points allowed per possession.ddddddddddddIn order to continue improving, general manager Jeff Bower went out and added to his clubs depth in the offseason giving 27-year-old power forward Jon Leuer a four-year deal in free agency, signed Boban Marjanovic away from the San Antonio Spurs via an offer sheet and added veteran point guard Ish Smith.To me what you dont want to do is have a ceiling on this group, Van Gundy told the Oakland Press. I look at it and say I have great respect out there for the other teams, I think the East has gotten better again. ... I get it, all but at the same time I look at it and say, Why not us? Why not?If were willing to do what it takes, and people take a step forward and we commit more defensively, why not us. Why does there have to be a ceiling on us. Why cant we be that team, contenders. I think the guys have high expectations.On Monday, the Pistons made a move to bolster its lineup claiming guard Beno Udrih off waivers from the Miami Heat and released guard Ray McCallum. Udrih is a 12-year veteran who averages 8.5 points and 3.4 assists in his career.The 6-foot-4 Slovenian played for the Heat and Memphis Grizzlies last season, averaging 4.7 points and 2.6 assists. ' ' '